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Aqsin on 27 March 2014

Singleplayer 10/10

Multiplayer 9/10



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Mr Puggsly on 27 March 2014

Its fantastic and raised the bar for the genre. Its a technical marvel for 7th gen hardware as well.

Ranks high in best games ever.



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nicktwilight on 27 March 2014

It has that feeling of awe for me.The scale and the detail put in this world are second to none.The swapping mechanism is pretty great too because it gives you things to do all the time and creates the feeling that something is always happening in the background while you play.Visuals are incredible too if you consider that it's a game made on 10 years old consoles.Wish it came on Wii U some day.It's near to impossible to happen though.



SGDreamer on 27 March 2014

9.7/10 :)



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1. Grand Theft Auto V - 9/10

2. The Last of Us - 9/10

3. BioShock Infinite - 9/10

4. Animal Crossing: New Leaf - 9/10

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2. Call of Duty: Ghosts - 7/10

3. Dead Island: Riptide - 7/10

4. Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 ReMIX- 7/10

5. Dead Space 3 - 7/10

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DamnTastic on 27 March 2014

The SP was pretty good.
The MP was broken as hell and never touched it again after somewhere in november. The matchmaking was rediculous, especially for a game that sold that well.



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Shinobi-san on 27 March 2014

Definitely lived up to the hype. One of the best single player campaigns ever. You won't find better than that in a hurry.



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ghettoglamour on 27 March 2014

Lol a lot of hipster here claiming it's "mediocre" in terms of gameplay and recommending games like The Saboteur or Infamous over it.

As for me I enjoyed it a lot, it's the best open world ever created, very alive and with many things to explore, even the side missions, if not always great, are good for a laugh. The writing is great, very fun dialogs, the story is a bit cliched and underdeveloped, but I still appreciated it. At least I laughed a lot. The main missions offer a lot of variety and are clearly the best of its genre, but they can't reach the level of excellence of an Uncharted or God of War level.

I didn't like the MP but the SP alone is worth the full price, so the MP won't affect my score, which is:

9.5 / 10



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AZWification on 27 March 2014

It's better than GTAIV, but that's not really saying much.. I give it a 8/10.



                
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Callum_Alexander on 27 March 2014

I never really got drawn into the hype for Grand Theft Auto and so saw all of its flaws. From a technical perspective it was a very impressive game, but that is all I can really say for it as I found it incredibly boring. The gameplay was VERY sloppy and the story was mediocre at best. I sold the game after playing it for about a week so never got to experience the online segment of the game, but I didn't want to after playing the single player.

Personally, I would go for a 7/10 and that is purely because of what Rockstar achieved on the hardware available. If I wasn't taking that into account I woudl score it roughly 5.5-6/10.



DJEVOLVE on 27 March 2014

9.0 was a great Single Player game, online was meh